The Independent National Electoral Commission on Sunday released the results of the supplementary governorship election it conducted in some states after it declared the March 9 poll in the affecte...
The Independent National Electoral Commission on Sunday released the results of the supplementary governorship election it conducted in some states after it declared the March 9 poll in the affected states inconclusive.
Also, Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State and his Kano State counterpart, Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State, were also returned elected by INEC. Lalong and Ganduje are All Progressives Congress candidates while Tambuwal and Ortom contested the election under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party.
Before the winner was announced, there was apprehension over the late collation and transmission of results from the Kebbe Local Government Area which forced Mukhtar to suspend the declaration of the results around 3.45am on Sunday till 9am. Ortom had during the governorship election on March 9, polled 410,576 votes as against Jime’s 329,022.
Jime in a statement by the Secretary of his campaign organisation, Prof. Eugene Aliegba, said Ortom’s victory was a direct product of violence and vote-buying, which he said, would not be allowed to stand. The PDP alleged that the election, which Ganduje won with 8, 982 margin, was marred by violence, voter intimidation and other malpractices.
They also demanded the cancellation of the entire supplementary election on the grounds that it was marred by violence and other forms of “fraudulent practices.”The APC members at the collation centre immediately reacted by insisting that the results must stand, a development that fuelled a shouting match between the supporters of the two parties.
Madaki berated INEC and the university lecturers, who served as electoral officials. He said he could not believe that professors “can cook the lies and fraud you call an election in Kano.” He said, “The election took place peacefully in the state. In Gama, an election took place because I was there and I monitored the process. The election was transparent because all the PDP agents signed the result sheets.
Arab-Shehu noted that the election petitions tribunal was an opening for aggrieved parties to seek redress. The returning officer stated that 1,159,954 valid votes were recorded while 16,188 others were rejected; saying 1,176,142 was the total number of votes cast. His closest rival, the candidate of the APC and incumbent Governor, Mohammed Abubakar, got 5, 117 votes.
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